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QA. n. SCHNAGKENBERG, o-FBnoonLYN, New YORK.

Letters .Patent No. 75,582, dated .March 1.7, 1868.

IMPRVOVBD 'VESSELS FOIt 'MINERAL-WATER.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY GONCERN:

I Be it known 4that I, A. D. SGHNAGKEBRG, of Brooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented a useilul 'Improvement in MineraLWaterJars .and Bottles; and I dolllerebyl declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skille'd in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

The drawing represents a vertical sectional view of my invention.

This invention relates to a new manner of constructingthe head or stopper of a mineral-water jar or bottle, of that classfrom which the liquid `is discharged by the pressure of gas when a valve is opened; and the invenf tion `consists in arranginga straight pipe, through which the liquid is lled in and discharged, so that its outer end is higher than its lower end, and in combining it with a valve-stem insucli a manner that the liquid can be lled in when the hottleis standing, and can be discharged by turning the bottle bottom up, and opening the valve. Thereby the use of the draught-tube generallynsed in mineral-water bottles is dispensedwith, and the cost of the apparatus is considerably reduced.

A represents the neck of a glass or stone jar, made of suilicient .strength-and of suitableishape and size. Around 'thisneck is tted, in any suitable. manner,a metal ring, B, having a screw-thread around its outside.- C is ametal cap, screwed upon the ring B, .thereby covering and closing the'mouth oi' the bottle. This cap is perforated at or near its centre, and has a tubular extension, a, above the hole. Within the tube a is arranged a valve-stem, D, having a shoulder, b, and in the tube a is also a shoulder, c, as shown. Betwe'en the shoulders b and c is arranged, around twe stem D, a spiral spring, E, by which the stem is drawn up, so that a rubber or other valve el, secured to the lower end 'of the stem, will be drawn against the under side of the cap-plate, and will-thereby completely close the hole in the same. i

By pressing upon a knob, e, formed on the upper outer end of the stem D, the valve cl will be pushed down, and the hole in the cap will be opened. F is a short tube, soldered or otherwise secured to the, cap C, so Vas to communicate with-thehole through the cap. This tube Fis straight, or nearly so, and extends from the cap upwardsin a vertical or oblique direction. When the valve is opened, the liquid can be lledthrough Athe tube F, and can then be .discharged by turning the bottle around, so that its bottom is up,`and the cap don/xi, and by `then opening the valve it will flow out easily.

. Hereto-fore draught-tubes had tobe secured to the cups of mineral-water bottles or jars, said tubes reaching'down'- nearly to the bottoni ofthe bottle. Such bottles were filled by turning them around while they were emptied,while the Ibottle stood upright. .The contents of such bottles had to be highly ehargedwithgas, as otherwise the liquid could notbe'forced up through the entire length of the draught-tube By the use of my invention, the draught-tube is dispensed with, and thereby the expenses of the apparatus are reduced, and the bottle need 'not be charged so'highly with the gas, as the natural weight of the liquid causes the same to bedischarged when the bottle is turnedaround, and when the valve is opened. By requiring less gas, many accidents will be prevented, the 'excessive chargeI causing at present frequent explosions. The discharge-tubes of ordinary mineral-water bottles are'. hookshaped,so'that the liquid will How downward when discharged' from an upright bottle; thereby the llingof the bottle can only be performed hy turning the bottle bottom up, which is very inconvenient for the charging process, which inconvenience is completely obviate'd by my invention. l l I i Ielaim as new, and desire 'to secure by Letters Patent- .A cap, C, for mineral-water bottles or jars,iwhen 'provided with a valve, d, and upright or nearly'upright tribe F, substantially as herein shown and described, so that thev use of a draught-tube is dispensed with, as

set forth.

i A. D.. SCHNACKENBERG.

Witnesses: WM. F. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

